Work sucks, I haven't been climbing enough, and I'm quickly approaching decision time with the woman
Today we had our quarterly team shuffle at work, which means I got reassigned to work with someone new for the next 3 months. Technically, I was assigned to work on my own, but I'm new and they still don't trust me, so I work with the other solo guy. The other solo guy is the same jerk who made my life miserable for three months a while back. This guy J seems to hate me. In fact, I'm told that a conversation with him once went "wow, you really don't like that new guy (me)." "Yeah, I hate him" "Why?" "I don't know" Anyway, we worked together for all of about half an hour before I had to do something. I don't care for his taste in music (country), so when he turned it on, I said, very calmly, "I'd prefer not to listen to this." "Well, I'm not driving in silence, so listen to it." "I thought at least you could be respectful of me." "Nope, get used to it." At the next opportunity, I had to go talk to my boss. I felt so stupid and childish, because I'm sure he doesn't listen for shit, so all he heard was "J wants to listen to country and I don't like country and it's not fair." When what I was saying was "This incident with the radio is the last straw. Literally, all I asked was to be respected, and I was told 'no.' That's just unacceptable." Sure, they spoke with him and he seemed alright for the rest of the day... But we're gonna be in close proximity for the next three months (or until I get a transfer, which I'm not counting on.
I'm worried about how J & P (the other guy I've had probs with) will affect me in the long term. I guess they've both made complaints about me, and I haven't really been given an opportunity to address the complaints. They just went straight into my file. Meanwhile, when I complain about them, I get lines like "from 9-5 you belong to me, so you'll have to find a way to work together." or "J & P are my two best techs. Noone else has ever made any complaints about them (sure, maybe not officially, but people sure as shit don't like them!)." and "J is the hardest & best worker in this department, so I don't know what's going on." He might as well say "I don't give a damn." If these two guys are gunning for me, I don't know if I'll have a chance to transfer to another department. For one, I fear that my boss will end up sabatoging any applications I make by giving me shitty reviews (again, I haven't had a chance to defend myself). I also fear that if these guys keep complaining about me, I might not make it long enough to transfer. They're already doing a hiring search to replace the guy that quit last month. They could easily pick the two best and fire me. I've never been fired before. Why? Because I'm a good employee, damnit. I know my shit, and all these complaints are based on personality conflicts. It's a fucking load of crap! I'm gonna quit here or else I'll just keep going all night. I'll post about the other topics later.
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